Bluewine

I'll be 72 next month. Dave, I'm just not sure I could handle the amount of night gigs or trying to do 2 and 3 gig weekends. I wish I could. However, I still want to see more consistent packed rooms and lots of dancing. You can't get that with blues rock. It's a bit of a downer playing " Red House" and watch the audience fall asleep. I wish we would dump that song. Daryl

Dave, I think going into 2026 blues rock is going to become more and more of a challenge. I doubt I could pivot to a top tier party cover band. Daryl

Very nice Dave. You guys really know how to fill a dance floor. Daryl

New Years Eve Daryl

Impressive Daryl

I love outside Sunday afternoon gigs. Daryl

You're lucky Dave. Gigs like that for us are far and few in between. Daryl

I've seen this before and I wonder if sometimes it's more won't learn new material rather than incapable. I stopped suggesting new songs years ago. Daryl

I think when bands are auditioning amongst other questions, how much have you gigged in the last few years and tell us a little about your overall gigging experience. Some of these guys want to be in bands but run when a 2 or 3 gig weekend comes up. My point, some guys don't understand how tough it is to commit to a gigging band Daryl

We send out new gig announcements via messenger to confirm availability. I noticed yesterday our drummer is no longer included. Daryl

I'm working on getting my nerve up to contact him. Daryl

It's a 1994 with a Telecaster body style with an active pre-amp. I don't know much about the L2000 but I think they're pretty much the same bass. Daryl

Our band is pretty well known locally and I think people know who I am. I never get any calls to play with other bands. You're very lucky. Daryl2

I like those Ovation acoustics. Daryl

Our drummer has turned down seven good 2026 gigs in a row. We don't know why. BL called me for input on how we move forward. There's no easy answer, he was great with backing vocals and a great " pocket" drummer.. I guess he didn't like playing with us. We have two dep drummers to cover all the bookings. I know that finding a full time permanent replacement would be too much of a challenge. I suggest we find another dep drummer we can put in rotation. I know a guy that I think would be good, but I don't really know him. I think he does a lot of depping. We can offer good gigs with good pay. I'm afraid to reach out to him. I keep thinking, what if we bring him in and he turns out to be a " flake ". That would be on me. Daryl